Country Club Retirement Center

The main reason this ended up being a decent nursing home is that it earned an elite inspection grade. Its inspection score was far better than its overall score. In our inspections category, we gave this facility an A-. Our inspection scores weigh several factors found on a nursing home's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we look at is the number and severity of deficiencies. Facilities with higher scores in this category generally have very few severe deficiencies. While this nursing home had some minor dings on its government inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are those labeled as categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means that the inspectors didn't consider any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A couple of minor deficiencies shouldn't lead you to cross a nursing home off your list.

This facility also was awarded a positive grade in our short-term care category. We gave this nursing home an above average grade of B in that area. Our short-term care grades are arguably more critical for patients in need of rehabilitation from their nursing home. Rehabilitation typically utilizes more skilled nursing. This includes not only nursing services, but also physical and respiratory therapy, as well as other variations of therapy. Fortunately, it appear that this facility employs registered nurses. Not every nursing home employs these types of nurses. On the other hand, based on the data this nursing home provided, it does not look like the facility employs physical therapists. The last measure we looked at in this area is the number of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that 5.9 percent of this nursing home's residents were able to return home.

Moving on to the area of long-term care, this nursing home was awarded a grade of just D in that area. For prospective patients in need of a permanent place to live as opposed to rehabilitation, long-term care grades are very important. On top of considering the amount of care provided by nurses and other staff, we looked at the number of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This nursing home administered the vaccine to 100 percent of its residents, which is higher than the vast majority of nursing homes. To our surprise, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, this nursing home had fewer hospitalizations than the majority of nursing homes. Sadly, a few of its other scores in this category were not as favorable as these.

This nursing home's weakest category is nursing, which is the last category we scored. Sadly, it received an F in this area. Despite multiple respectable scores in other areas, this grade is still concerning so we felt obligated to make a note of it. Nursing ratings are primarily tied to the nursing home's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home offered only 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident on a daily basis. In addition to ranking below average in nursing hours per resident, this facility also had poor scores in the quality-based measures we looked at in determining our nursing ratings. We looked at the percentage of patients experiencing pressure ulcers and major falls. This facility was at approximately 1.5 times the national average in both of these data points. This is a bad sign when you consider that many bed sores and falls are believed to be preventable with better nursing care. These statistics pulled down this facility's nursing rating significantly.